Sacrococcygeal chordoma: clinicoradiological study.
A case of sacrococcygeal chordoma is presented. We review the literature and we discuss the problems related to the etiology, the symptoms, the diagnosis and the treatment of this rare neoplasm. We present and discuss here the importance and the different possibilities of new diagnostic techniques, such as the CT and the MRI in the diagnosis and management of sacrococcygeal chordoma.
Saltutti
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Urological Clinic, University of Florence, Italy.
Di Cello
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V
Marzocco
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M
Trippitelli
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A
Dal Pozzo
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G
Consalvo
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M
D002817:Chordoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003050:Coccyx; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012447:Sacrum; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed